Sound reproducing device



Dec. 19, 1939.

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Patented Dec..l9, 1939 UNITED STATES SOUND REPRODUCING DEVICE EdwardSchwartz, New York, N.

The Sound Publicity Corp,

Y., assignor to New York, N. Y., a

corporation of New York 7 v Application February 7, 1939, Serial No.255,037

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in sound-reproducing devices andis directed more particularly to the provision of a novel article ofmanufacture including a sound track member which is manually engageableand adapted to be i moved relative to a member in sucha way as toproduce sounds.

It is a principal object of the invention to provide a novel article ofthe type referred to which is simple in form so as'to be economical tomanufacture and which may be readily operated manua1ly. As specialfeatures, the device of the invention includes a record or sound-trackmemher and a support relative to which the record member may be movedand associated with the support in a member which is adapted to bemanually depressed against the record strip as it moves so as to producethe sounds.

Preferably the support takes the form of a relatively fiat and thin cardand this may bear various indicia such as are commonly found on greetingcards and the like. In this way, the sound track may bear suitableindentations to produce a recorded greeting properly corresponding tothe indicated greeting printed on the card. Still another object of theinvention is to provide a support having a record member movablelongitudinally in its plane and having means for guiding the recordmember in its said longitudinal movements. As will appear, the guidingmeans preferably takes the form of a pair of transverse slots providedin the card into which slots the record member is threadedor interlaced.

of the invention will be hereinafter more fully referred to inconnection with the following description of the invention in itspreferred form, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,wherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modified form of the device shown in Figs. 1and 2;

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the form shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of still another modified form of the device ofthe invention;

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of the device shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a further modification;

Various other novel features and advantages one form of the device (c1.m n

Fig. 8 is a side elevational view of the form shown in Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a partial plan view showing still another modification of thedevice of the invention; and

Fig. 10 is a side elevational view of the form shown in Fig. 9.

Referring now to the drawings more in detail, the invention will befully described.

The invention in general consists of a support 1 member relative towhich a record strip is movable and the support has associated therewithmeans against which the record strip is caused to bear in order toproduce sounds. The support member preferably tively thin sheet ofcardboard or some similar material and it is this member which isadapted to carry the desired greeting indicia. It obviously may vary inshape as well as size.

According to the form shown in Fig. 1, the 20 support is indicated by 2and it has a pair of transverse slots 4 providedtherein. A flexiblestrip member 6 bearing a sound track is threaded into said slot as shownso as to be movable longitudinally substantially in the-plane of thecard's forward surface. 7

Intermediate the slots 4; the card carries a clip member 8 which ispreferably stirrup-shaped as shown. This may be fastened to the supportin various ways so as to bemovable relative thereto.

In the form shown the sidearms of the clip extend through holes in thecard and their ends are offset at I 0 as shown to prevent the clipsrecord member 6 is disposed under the transverse part of the clip andthe latter is virtually hinged to the support so that it may be readilypressed against the support and record by the finger of one hand. I

Then with the other hand the operator may grasp one end of the flexiblestrip and move it longitudinally relative to the card and the clip,' theclip 8 engaging the grooves and ridges in the record strip 8 so as toproduce the sound intended.

If desired, the opposite'ends of the record strip may be knotted asindicated at l2 so as to prevent the same from being pulled entirelythrough the slots 4. l

In Figs. 3 and 4, a support 'member, substantially the same as the card2,'is indicated by 20 and this has a record tape 22 movablelongitudinally thereof. A substantially U-shaped clip member 24 formedof relatively fiat spring-like is in the form of a fiat, rela- 15removal. The arrangement is such that the 35 metal has an intermediateportion extending through an opening in the card as shown in Fig. 4 soas to have opposite arms of the U at opposite sides of the card.

diate part and the tape 22 extends therethrough as well as through anopening 28 in the card as shown. The front arm of the U-shaped clip hasan oif-set portion 28 and this is adapted to engage the grooved face ofthe record strip when the same is pressed, as by a finger or thumb,against the card in the same manner as the clip vmember 8 abovedescribed.

According to the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6, a support member 30 isformed of foldable sheet material such as cardboard and this is foldedtransversely upon itself to have a hinged flap 32. An opening 34 extendsthrough the card adjacent to, or preferably on, the folding line asshown.

A record strip member 35 extends through this opening as wellas throughanother opening 38, as shown. These openings guide the record-tape inits longitudinal movements just as do the openings in the modificationsheretofore described.

A record-engaging member 38 is associated with either the body member 30or the fiap 32. In the drawings, it is shown as a staple-like memberfastened to the flap 32 wherefore the flap may be swung on its hingeinto adjacency with the support and pressed against the record with onehand while the tape is pulled with the other. The modification shown inFigs. '7 and 8 includes a support member 40, similar to the card 2,provided with a pair of spaced slots 42 into which a record tape 44 isthreaded as shown. A staple-like member 46 is fastened to the cardintermediate the slots and substantially in alignment therewith.

The tape is so inserted in the slots that when it is pressed against thecard, as by means of the thumb as indicated by the dot-dash lines inFig. '7, it bears against the metal staple and; when pulled longitudnally relative thereto, produces the recorded sounds. It will heunderstood that with this form the record grooves and ridges are on theback face of the tape.

In Figs. 9 and 10 I have shown still another modification. Here thesupport takes the form of a foldable sheet member folded upon itselfplace.

The tape is disposed on either side of the clip .and thus the leaves maybe squeezed together Member 24 has an opening in its said intermewiththe tape and clip therebetween. Then as the tape is drawn through theopening 54, the engagement thereof with the clip creates the desiredsounds.

While I have described the invention in great 9 detail and with respectto the present preferred form thereof, it is not desired to be limitedthereto since many changes and modifications may be made therein withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is:

1. A sound-reproducing device comprising in combination, a card memberof foldable material folded upon itself along a transverse line so as tohave a flap portion thereof foldable into contiguous relation with amain body portion thereof and provided with a primary slot extendingthrough the transverse line and with a secondary slot through saidmember at a distance away from the transverse-line, a record stripmember extending through each of the slots and movable longitudinallythereof between the flap portion and the body portion of said cardmember, and a means associated with the contiguous portions of said cardmember arranged whereby when the flap portion is manually pressedagainst said means and the body portion of said card member and theportion of said strip member disposed therebetween said strip membermoving through 30 the contiguous portions produces sounds.

2. A sound-reproducing device comprising in combination, a card memberof foldable material folded upon itself along a transverse line so as tohave a flap portion thereof foldable into contiguous relation with amain body portion thereof and provided with a slot extending through thetransverse line, a record strip member extending through the slot andmovable longitudinally thereof between the flap portion and the bodyportion of said card member, and a means associated with the contiguousportions of said card member arranged whereby when the fiap portion ismanually pressed against said means and the body portion of said cardmember and the portion of said strip member disposed therebetween saidstrip member moving through the contiguous portions produces sounds.

3. A sound-reproducing device comprising in combination, a card memberof foldable material folded upon itself so asto have a fiap portionthereof foldable into contiguous relation with a main body portionthereof and provided with a slot extending therethrough, a record stripmember extending through the slot in said card member and movablelongitudinally thereof between the fiap portionand the body portion ofsaid card member, and a. means associated with the contiguous portionsof said card member arranged whereby when the flap portion is manuallypressed against said means and the portions of said strip memberassociated therewith, said strip member moving through the contiguousportions produces sounds.

EDWARD SCHWARTZ.

